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How
is 2016 going by so quickly? Most of the last few months have been
taken up by setting up our new place, bundling up through another
Michigan winter, and thinking ahead to the rest of the year. Here's a sample of some things I've found lately and loved:
Articles:
Choppers - Rebecca Scherm
"I wondered if the rabbit was negotiable.
'I don't think it's a snake,' my friend Nathan said. 'I think it's a dragon.'
'I don't think you should go through with this,' said pretty much everyone else."
MFA vs. CIA - Jennifer duBois
"Many of my characters feel a sense of their unlived lives flickering
around them; in my first few years of writing almost all of my narrators
were men. As both a writer and a reader, I seem to possess a steroidal
sense of credulity. “That wouldn’t happen,” I’d hear my workshop
colleagues say later on—but the thing about things that wouldn’t happen
is that once in a while, they do. And these make for interesting
stories, if there is anyone to tell them."
How millennials should deal with baby boomers at work - Ann Friedman
"Restraint, millennials on Twitter agree, is indispensable, even when
boomers aren't showing any. Older colleagues may drop comments such as,
“I have children your age!” Under no circumstance should you point out
that you have parents their age. Just smile and don't stop smiling for
the duration of your employment."
Women Leaving Tactfully in Western Art History - Mallory Ortberg
"oh gosh
I honestly wish that I could
but I
cannot
cross
running water
I thought that was witches
yes
that
I’m that thing
I’m witches, I’m too witches to come, sorry"
At my last birthday, I took stock of a few things I was particularly proud of from the previous year. There are the larger-scale professional and personal successes, of course. However, I was especially excited about the following minor things:
- I can now drink coffee black. Among the handful of reasons I tried to do this: the creamer in my office started tasting weird to me; we buy good quality coffee, and it seemed counterintuitive to brew it and then add coffee creamer; I had access to good espresso and wanted to enjoy it in all its glory; I got the idea that adults drink black coffee. Success! I enjoy black coffee, though still sometimes add cream and sugar.
- I can walk in 3+ inch heels. I love being tall. Eric and I are roughly the same height, so for a while I avoided shoes that made me taller. Between working on a team with many men who stand above six feet and realizing that being taller than my spouse is a non-issue, I decided to figure out how to wear kickass pumps. I now have a few pairs that I love and wear regularly.
- I am good at volleyball. I took volleyball for a few quarters in high school gym class, but usually focused my recreational sports on softball. This past summer, I joined a volleyball league and remembered that, oh hey, I'm good at volleyball and I really love team sports. I'd gotten burned out on softball by the time I turned 16, and it was fun to feel reconnected to athletics in a way I hadn't been in a long time.
